The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-09
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

A FRENCH fair at West Rutland has netted
the society $500.
Much valuable timber land in Milton has
been burned over.
N. S. BoYcE has been appointed post
master at Guildhall.
HARRY j. FLEuRY has been appointed
postmaster at Isle La Motto.
THE Congregational society of Swanton
has purchased a 800 pipe organ.
LARGE brush fires have been raging on
Mount Klburn near Bellows Falls.
TWELVE hundred barrels of apples were
sold in Bennington within two weeks.
OVER $1,000 worth of tickets were sold
for the lecture course in st. Johnsbury this
winter.
JAMES CARROLL, aged twelve, was struck
by train at Bellows Falls and probably
fatally injured.
The Burlington Wooden Company re-
ceived an order recently for 10000 yards of
cheviot sutings
AMONG the new patents is one to Lieuten-
ant-governor Levi X. Fuller of Brattleboro
for car coupling.
REV. II. S. MoNRo of Providence, n. L.,
has been called to st. Peters (EpiscopaD
church, Bennington.
REV. Mr.. GILBERT has been called as pas
tor of the Baptist church at North Benning
ton and has accepted.
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. boy at Rutland has
been sent to the reform school at Vergennes
for stealing watch from his father.
IT is reported that the Central Vermont
is buying up the Rutland railroad stock aud
has secured control of the Cheshire.
VICTORY has not a single church within
its limits, and now the subject of building
one is being agitated by the citizens.
THE Methodist church at Montgomery has
been presented handsome memorial win
dow by Mr.. II. G.. Brown of Toledo, Ohio.
THE Boston University football team de-
feated the University of Vermont team by
a score of thirtyeight points to none at
Boston
HOUSE and barn belonging to Albert
Jones at Sheldon were destroyed by fire
Sunday. Supposed to be the work of an in
cendary; insured for $1,000.
Two men who drove into Rutland from
the backwoods with a couple of horses more
dead than alive were arrested for cruelty to
animals and their horses We're shot.
ALvAH AVER, confined in Jail at st. Johns
bury on a charge of poisoning cattle in
Wheelock, hanged himself in his cell Satur-
day morning He leaves wife and son.
FRED H. FARRINGToN has been appointed
a member of the Vermont board of cattle
commissioners, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Hon. II. e. Bssell.
THE docket for the December term of
Caledonia court contains ninety-siX court
cases, thirteen criminal cases and thirty-tive
chancery cases. The term begins December g.,
JAMES c. PRINGLE's marble shop, together
with its contents (stock and tools), at East
Fairfield, was burned recently. The loss on
the stock is estimated at 81 900; no insur-
ance
A SET of farm buildings belonging to G. L..
Hemingway at Waterford were burned Fri
day, caused by hen flying against a lighted
lantern in the barn. Loss $1,000 insurance
81 800.
THE other night when Alec Brigham of
South Troy retired he hung up his coat
containing S17, at the foot of the stairs In
the morning the money was gone. There
is no clue.
THE medical college at Burlington opened
Thursday with full attendance. DIR. Grin
nell, dean of the faculty delivered an adj
dress upon the obligation of the physician
to the public.
The University of Vermont football
team suffered another defeat Thursday,
this time at the hands of the Tufts College
team, the score being Tufts, thirty-two;
Vermont, six.
The academy boys at New Haven cele-
brated Halloween by tying Deacon Potter S
ram to the door of the room where the young
ladies of the school were holding their
Browning cup.
JOHN JONES of Castleton recently took
from his slate quarry north of the village a
single block of slate which contained 800
cubic feet one of the largest ever taken out
in one block in that section.
THE item which is going the rounds of
the papers to the effect that Clark Morrill,
of Hinesburgh raised five hundred thirty
bushels of potatoes on an acre needs amend
ing. 1t was two and a half acres.
AT the adjourned term of the United
States court at Rutland Judge Wheeler
handed down an opinion in the case of G.
w. Writer'S receiver, Us. Edward A. Sowles
and Margaret b. Sowles, an action for the
assessment against Mrs. Sowles The court
sustains defendants demurrer and dismsses
the suit
THE Alton Qll.) Daily Telegraph of Octo-
Der IS contains a notice of the death of Mr..
A. III. Drury at St. Louis. Mr.. Drury was
a native of Highgate, in this state, and was
about forty-siX years of age. He was ser
geant in company l., First Vermont Cav
airy, and served from the muster-in of the
company to the close of the war.
j. w. TAYLOR (colored), who keeps popu-
lar restaurant and clearinghouse at Ben
nington, took an ounce of laudanum just
before dinner, having told his daughter OF
his intention, with a solemn promise not tt
say anything until death ensued. She told
OF 1t and proper measures were taken, but
the result is not known. Dependency was
the cause.
The Vermont board of railroad COM
missiOners has authorized by an open letter
the denial of the statement of President
Harris of the Vermont Valley railroad as
to hearing having been held by them OF
the question of excessive fares between here
and Brattleboro. They say that no sucl
hearing has been held by them, but tina
one may be called at any time.-BetlolC
Falls Times.
AN accident took place on the Rutland
railroad recently near Bartonsville. Tit
mixed train east, with twenty-sX loaded
freight-cars, saloon and passenger
coach, broke in two west of Bartonsvill
and came together again near that point
Not car was derailed, but the draw-b bar.
on nearly every one were broken and tw'
cars were badly smashed. The passenger
were all shaken up, but none were injured.
In General.
STANLEY was all right September 8th.
A YALE student died from excessive law
tennis practice.
The funeral of Jenny Lind took place a
Malvern, England.
THE estate of the late E. b. Washburn
is valued at $850,000,
THE reduction of the public debt during
October was SIG, 1873, $3.50.
THE Albert Lea (Minn.) roller mills hav
been burned. Loss $4,000.
DIR. GATLING's new "police gun " will fir
one thousand shots minute.
GENERAL EWING says the labor men wi
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